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Thinking of Children’s Socializing
Read Yoshinori Kasai on how children build connections within their communities, drawing own his research on how a traditional folk event once provided an important opportunity for children to socialize.
Beyond Religion: Social Functions of Japan’s Traditional Pilgrimage Groups
Read Yoshinori Kasai on Japan’s traditional pilgrimage associations and their social functions, including the Ise-kō, an organization formed to carry out pilgrimages to the Ise Shrine, one of Japan’s most revered Shinto shrines.
Youth work in Scotland: Lifelong impact, urgent challenges
Last week, Youth Scotland released ‘Acting on Funding’, highlighting the huge challenge of securing sustainable funding for youth work. Earlier this year, with Youth Link Scotland, we published The Power of Youth Work, a longitudinal biographical study which explored how youth work shapes lives
Is it possible to truly understand the value of volunteering?
Read Bethany Sikes, Research and Policy manager at Volunteer Scotland, on the challenges of articulating the impact of volunteering, and work carried out with social value specialists State of Life to evidence the difference volunteering makes to people’s wellbeing.
Caring Together Yet Apart: Emotional and Spatial Negotiations in Informal Childcare Work in Istanbul, Turkey
Most research on migrant care work traces women’s journeys from the Global South to the Global North, where they care for someone else’s children while leaving their own behind. But what happens when this story unfolds within the Global South, in a context marked
“The Pill. Angry chuckles.” Exploring contracepting through poetry
Marie Larsson has been researching contraceptive experiences and practices for almost 10 years, primarily using “traditional” qualitative methods. In this blog, Marie reflects on her new project, delivering a creative workshop using guided poetry methods, targeted an interdisciplinary audience with a particular interest in,
Baos and Bagpipes: Exploring sibling influence on the lived experience of Scottish-born Chinese individuals
Louise Ho has explored how, in the context of the Chinese diaspora in Scotland, the role of siblings extends beyond childhood companionship, delving into the complexities of cultural identity while also reflecting on their own experiences.
“My Father Told Me That If I Didn’t Get Married, I’d Be Done For.”
I am Chinese and it seems that I have always lived under the persistent prodding of my elders. From childhood, when I was urged to speak and walk, to my teenage years, when the pressure was on to study hard, and now, as an